# Dead link

5 messages from 2013-07-20 to 2013-07-22. Participants: Ondřej Bílka, Ramkumar Ramachandra, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/34502

## Ondřej Bílka, 2013-07-20 19:22

Subject: Dead link
Message-ID: <20130720192238.GA30833@domone>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130720192238.GA30833%40domone

```
Hi, I ran simple script to check for dead links. It found three false
positives and following link that now looks defunct.

What we do about it?

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2

```

## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2013-07-20 19:30

Subject: Re: Dead link
Message-ID: <CALkWK0ktWTcgNSjTtkjJ5ogjE5YAVRdq+HZpQ51-DFObsCjQrQ@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALkWK0ktWTcgNSjTtkjJ5ogjE5YAVRdq%2BHZpQ51-DFObsCjQrQ%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <20130720192238.GA30833@domone>

```
Ondřej Bílka wrote:
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2

Just run a sed 's|http://marc.theaimsgroup.com|http://marc.info|', and
submit the resulting patch.

```

## Ondřej Bílka, 2013-07-20 19:46

Subject: Re: Dead link
Message-ID: <20130720194655.GA30946@domone>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130720194655.GA30946%40domone
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0ktWTcgNSjTtkjJ5ogjE5YAVRdq+HZpQ51-DFObsCjQrQ@mail.gmail.com>

```
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 01:00:11AM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Ondřej Bílka wrote:
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2
> 
> Just run a sed 's|http://marc.theaimsgroup.com|http://marc.info|', and
> submit the resulting patch.

Thanks, here is patch.

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index e364007..fe723e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -4675,5 +4675,5 @@ Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts.
 Alternates, clone -reference, etc.
 
 More on recovery from repository corruption.  See:
-	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=117263864820799&w=2
-	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=117147855503798&w=2
+	http://marc.info/?l=git&m=117263864820799&w=2
+	http://marc.info/?l=git&m=117147855503798&w=2
diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index 541dc6b..82049c7 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static char *find_name_gnu(const char *line, const char *def, int p_value)
 
 	/*
 	 * Proposed "new-style" GNU patch/diff format; see
-	 * http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2
+	 * http://marc.info/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2
 	 */
 	if (unquote_c_style(&name, line, NULL)) {
 		strbuf_release(&name);
diff --git a/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh b/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh
index 331b9b0..d15b313 100755
--- a/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh
+++ b/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Fredrik Kuivinen
 #
 
-# See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=111463358500362&w=2 for a
+# See http://marc.info/?l=git&m=111463358500362&w=2 for a
 # nice description of what this is about.
 
 

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2013-07-21 22:33

Subject: Re: Dead link
Message-ID: <7vppubr19m.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vppubr19m.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <20130720194655.GA30946@domone>

```
Thanks; the patch seems to cover all the instances.

Sign off?

```

## Ondřej Bílka, 2013-07-22 08:02

Subject: Re: Dead link
Message-ID: <20130722080217.GB15550@domone>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130722080217.GB15550%40domone
In-Reply-To: <7vppubr19m.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

```
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 03:33:57PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Thanks; the patch seems to cover all the instances.
> 
> Sign off?
ok
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Signed-off-by: Ondřej Bílka <neleai@seznam.cz>
---

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index e364007..fe723e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -4675,5 +4675,5 @@ Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts.
 Alternates, clone -reference, etc.
 
 More on recovery from repository corruption.  See:
-	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=117263864820799&w=2
-	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=117147855503798&w=2
+	http://marc.info/?l=git&m=117263864820799&w=2
+	http://marc.info/?l=git&m=117147855503798&w=2
diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index 541dc6b..82049c7 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static char *find_name_gnu(const char *line, const char *def, int p_value)
 
 	/*
 	 * Proposed "new-style" GNU patch/diff format; see
-	 * http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2
+	 * http://marc.info/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2
 	 */
 	if (unquote_c_style(&name, line, NULL)) {
 		strbuf_release(&name);
diff --git a/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh b/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh
index 331b9b0..d15b313 100755
--- a/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh
+++ b/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Fredrik Kuivinen
 #
 
-# See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=111463358500362&w=2 for a
+# See http://marc.info/?l=git&m=111463358500362&w=2 for a
 # nice description of what this is about.
 
 

```
